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CORSET.

. Patented Deo. "16, .1884.

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TIIOHAS S. GILBERT, OF NEV HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGN-OR TO MAYER, STROUSE d' CO., OF SAD/IE' PLACE.

CORSET.

Application Iiled January 2S, 1584.

lo LZZ whom may concern:

Be it known that I, Tioiuas S. Ginnnnfr, ot' New Haven, in the county ot' New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Corsets; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with accompanying drawings and the letters ot' reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe saine, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, inm

Figure l, a side view, Fig. 2, the liipseetion detached, Fig. 3, aside view showing the sections substantially as in position when on t-he person Fig. 4, a transverse section below the elastic connection E, looking upward and in the contracted condition; Fig. 5, the saine as Fig. 4t, but in the extended condition.

This invention relates to an improvement in corsets with special reference to the side or hip section-that is, the section which extends from under the arm downward over the liip-and particularly to that class in which the section is made self-adjusting at the/top and bottom to more readily conform to the shape or movements of the wearer.

i'roni the bottom upward, and across this opening` an elastic strap or band extends, and with a like opening and elastic strap at the topa At the waist-line an inelastic connection is iuade across the opening. These openings permit the garments to gather between the two edges, and in the nio\l'einents ot' the body tend to work in that (.lircctiou, to the discomi`ort ot' the wearer. llo overcome this dilliculty the opening or space between the l'rout and rear portions has been entirely iilled with elastic material; but while such construction overcomes the above-incntioned di iiiculties the elastic material makes the corset so warm at that point that the discomfort is greater than that above mentioned. Again, the openings :in the upper and lower part ot` the hip-section prevent the introduction of'a vertical hipstay, which is desirable at that place.

The object of iny invention is to overcome these difficulties; and it consists in the ccnstruction of the corset,as hereinafterdescribed, and inore particularly recited in the claim.

A represents the front, and B the rear, por- In this class ol corsets an opening is lett over the hips i l. ,GIFEATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 309,385, dated December 16, 1884,

(No model.)

ln this space between the 5 5 quired at those points in the corset`when upon 6p the person. It is made from a thin single thickness ol' in aterial soft and pliable, its edges introduced between the corresponding thicknesses of the front and rear sections and there stitched. is made between the front and rear sections of inelastic material, so that there will be no yielding at that'point.

Across the top and outside the section a au On the waist-line a connection, Z1, 65

elastic connection, l, is made between the 7o edges ot' the/front and rear section. rlhis elastic material in its contracted condition causes the section c to full up into the space between the two edges and inside the elastic connection. nectiou, E, between the two edges of the front and rear sections, which in its contracted condition also causes the section a to 'full up, as above and as seen in Fig. t.

Across the bottoni is a like elastic con- 7 5 On the section afand extending from the 8o bottom upward, luoad pocket, d, is formed, into which a stay, c, is' introduced. (See Fie'. 4f.) This stay stands in a vertical centralline on the hip-section. As the sections A B are t'orccd from eachother by the shape of the 85 wearer, as seen in. Fig. 'l, the connections D E extend, the section (l, correspondingly extending, as seen in Fig. 5. The operation at the top .is substantially the saine. rThe section c iills thespace between the front and rear sec- 90 tions, so as to prevent the garments of the wearer from working outward, as they would do were no such iilling introduced. This section a, also serves to limit the extension of the elastic con uections, and therefore protects them 95 from an over extension. The vertical stay c is retained in its place by the connections b and by the section c, which fills the space between the front and rearsections, and gives as iirni a support to the wearer as if the section 10o were made solid and the stay introduced therein. The elastic connections give the same freedoin to the corset as when the section is left ventirely open. rEhe section a is so light that it leaves the corset practically open above and below the waist-line, so far at least as the coinfort of the wearer is concerned.

While I prefer to make the hip-section with the elastic at the top as Well as at the bottom,

' the section may be made from the waist-line upward of double thickness, and in the usual manner of making corset-sections, the lower part made of a single thickness of thin material, and so as to give the freedom and self or automatic adjustment over the hip.

I claim- In a corset, the front section, A, and rear 1 5 THOMAS S. GILBERT.

Witnesses:

JOHN E. EARLE, Jos. C. EARLE. 

